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Blower (SS-325) in dry dock, probably when she was in overhaul at the Mare Island yard from 17 June to 28 September 1946.
This is a good view of shutter doors on forward torpedo tubes. The shutter doors keep sea junk from getting into the muzzle door of the tubes. They move in towards the center line and expose the end of the torpedo tubes They don't have them aft, because subs don't go backwards at sea much.

Blower (SS-325) docked in (ARD-32) at Mare Island on 1 August 1946. YD-33 is aft of Blower while Eldorado (AGC-11) is to the right.

USN photo # 2786-46, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.

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Bow on view of Blower (SS-325) departing Mare Island on 17 September 1946.

USN photo # 3297-46, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.

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Broadside view of Blower (SS-325) off Mare Island on 17 September 1946. She was in overhaul at the yard from 17 June to 28 September 1946.

USN photo # 3299-46, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.

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Port side view of the Blower (SS-325) probably when she was in overhaul at the Mare Island yard from 17 June to 28 September 1946.

USN photo.

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This plaque was unveiled 20 March 1995 by His Excellency Major General P.M. Jeffery OA MC, Governor of Western Australia to commemeorate the sacrifices made by Allied submarined that operated out of Fremantle, Western Australia during WW II.

Preparation for anchoring in front of Dolmabahçe Palace Istanbul, 1953.

Photo courtesy of Sait Kucuk, CPOS (Ret),Turkish Navy.

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Port side view.

Photo courtesy of Sait Kucuk, CPOS (Ret),Turkish Navy.

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Early 1950's photo of the Dumlupinar (D-6).

Photo courtesy of Y.M.Umar,CPO (Ret.),Turkish Navy.

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After torpedo room of the Dumlupinar (D-6).

Photo courtesy of Y.M.Umar,CPO (Ret.),Turkish Navy.

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MCPO's and CPO's that were part of the Dumlupinar's (D-6) 81 man crew that was lost with her following the sinking on 4 April 1953.

Photo courtesy of Y.M.Umar,CPO (Ret.),Turkish Navy.

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Captain Hakk Burak, Commanding officer of the 1st Submarine Division of which the Dumlupinar (D-6) was assigned to at the time of her loss. He perished with 80 other officers and crew.

Photo courtesy of Y.M.Umar,CPO (Ret.),Turkish Navy.

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Illustration of M/V Naboland ramming the Dumlupinar (D-6).

Photo courtesy of Y.M.Umar,CPO (Ret.),Turkish Navy.

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The M/V Naboland.

Photo courtesy of Y.M.Umar,CPO (Ret.),Turkish Navy.

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Commemorative drawing of the Dumlupinar (D-6).

Photo courtesy of Cüneyt Demir.

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Cover of documentary film detailing the loss of Dumlupinar (D-6).

Photo courtesy of Y.M.Umar,CPO (Ret.),Turkish Navy.

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Remembrance ceremony for the Dumlupinar (D-6).

Photo courtesy of Y.M.Umar,CPO (Ret.),Turkish Navy.

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Buoy marker for the Dumlupinar (D-6) also contained a telephone to contact the boat.

Photo courtesy of Y.M.Umar,CPO (Ret.),Turkish Navy.

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Telephone buoy of the Dumlupinar (D-6).

Photo courtesy of Sait Kucuk, CPOS (Ret),Turkish Navy.

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Hello!

Photo courtesy of Sait Kucuk, CPOS (Ret),Turkish Navy.

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Rescue plan for the Dumlupinar (D-6).

Photo courtesy of Y.M.Umar,CPO (Ret.),Turkish Navy.

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A diver is made ready to descend to the wreck of the Dumlupinar (D-6).

Photo courtesy of Y.M.Umar,CPO (Ret.),Turkish Navy.

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A diver is brought up from the wreck of the Dumlupinar (D-6).

Photo courtesy of Y.M.Umar,CPO (Ret.),Turkish Navy.

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Approximate location of the sinking of the Dumlupinar (D-6). She lies at about 96 meters below the surface.About 8km/5mi north of Çanakkale is Nara, on Nara Burun, which is believed to occupy the site of ancient Nagara. The cape is the second narrowest point (1,450m/1,590yd) on the Dardanelles, which here turn south. In ancient times, when this was the narrowest part of the Dardanelles, some 1,300m/1,420yd wide, it was known as the Heptastadion (Seven Statia) and was crossed by a ferry. It was here that Xerxes, Alexander the Great and the Turks (1356) crossed the straits into Europe.